module Japanese::ToRomaji
Constants
- BASIC_HIRAGANA_MAP
- DOUBLED_CONSONANT_HIRAGANA_MAP
- SMALL_COMBO_HIRAGANA_MAP
- SPECIALS
- TRIPLE_CHAR_HIRAGANA_MAP
Public Class Methods
convert_hiragana(string)
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Converts a hiragana string into Roman letters
# File lib/japanese/to_romaji.rb, line 180 def self.convert_hiragana(string) hierarchy = [TRIPLE_CHAR_HIRAGANA_MAP, DOUBLED_CONSONANT_HIRAGANA_MAP, SMALL_COMBO_HIRAGANA_MAP, BASIC_HIRAGANA_MAP, SPECIALS] hierarchy.length.times do |n| # Stringify the keys so that you can use them in the Regex in the loop. hierarchy[n].stringify_keys! hierarchy[n].each do |k, v| mtch = Regexp.new k if mtch.match(string) string.gsub!(mtch, v) end end end return string end